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Dorthe Dahl Jensen 2022 Balzan prize winner

Congratulations to Dorthe Dahl Jensen for being awarded the 2022 Balzan prize

James Webb Space Telescope:

Farthest galaxy candidate yet known discovered by James Webb

These galaxies seem to be so massive that they challenge our understanding of how structure forms i…

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her Ph…

Cancer research:

New Discovery: A missing link of cancer defence

Danish scientists have revealed a mechanism, crucial to DNA repair in cells. This can fundamentally…

World-class research into Greenland's oldest ice and the Universe's densest stars win very large EU grants

When was Greenland actually green? And how does the Universe make gold, platinum and uranium?…

Congratulations to Tamara Gerber

Congratulations to Tamara Gerber at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her…

Global warming doubled the risk for Copenhagen’s historic 2011 cloudburst

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological…

Master student discovers a group of galaxies clustered together in the early Universe

While developing and testing astronomical software on existing data, a master student in astronomy…

Astronomers discover a swarm of galaxies orbiting a hyper-luminous galaxy

Using the Very Large Telescope and the radio telescope ALMA in Chile, a team of astronomers…

Martian oxygen factory passes first major test

New results from the red and rocky surface of Mars have shown that MOXIE, an oxygen generator that…